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Criterion
Paper illustration of RAID Log with a method-specific labelled workspace.
Delivery
RAID Log
First-click Testing method illustration showing its working structure
UX Research
First-click Testing
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Purposedifferent
Helps clarify scope, sequence, and delivery flow in concrete terms. It makes work, boundaries, and order steerable. The result is captured as a RAID Log and a source for status reporting.When users immediately turn the wrong way on a screen or wireframe, first click testing checks initial orientation at high speed. The first click shows early whether expectation, labeling, and wayfinding fit together.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.
Complexitysame
LowLowLow
Timedifferent
30 min Setup, dann laufend1-2 Tage15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
1-3 maintaining, briefing for everyone10-301-3
Formatsame
AsyncAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
RAID Log, Status Report SourceClick Heatmap, Success Rate, Design RecommendationsADR File, Decision Log, Rationale
Tagsno overlap
RiskTrackingStakeholdersGovernance
UXNavigationFindabilityValidation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
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Paper illustration: scenarios and architectural decisions are connected to identified risks.
Architecture
ATAM (Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method)
Paper illustration for Risk Storming.
Architecture
Risk Storming
Views and Beyond method illustration showing its working structure
Architecture
Views and Beyond